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Address gender-based violence among street families

A section of street children enjoy a meal at Muliro Gardens in Kakamega town. [Mumo Munuve, Standard]

I recently found two young people, a man and a woman, engaged in what seemed like a heated argument near a parking lot in Ruiru town. They were both quite unkempt and from their looks, it was clear that they lived in the streets. As I got closer, I noticed the woman was carrying a rather frail-looking child. She was also evidently quite intoxicated, perhaps from sniffing glue.

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